The news as it happened from Coventry and Warwickshire including weather, traffic and travel information, sports and more

Hello there! Keep up to date with the latest news and gossip from across Coventry and Warwickshire with our daily live blog.

We are with you throughout the week, from Monday to Friday (we take a break at weekends) from 7am until 7pm with the latest traffic and travel information, weather warnings, general news and sport updates - and reports of all the goings on at Coventry City FC.

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07:18

Good morning!

Georgia Arlott here, taking over from the Perseid meteor shower. Did you spot anything going on in the sky last night? If so, send me your pictures at georgia.arlott@trinitymirror.com.

It's a beautiful day in Coventry so far, and I will be here all morning feeding you the most succulent morsels of local news, sport, weather and travel.

07:21

TRAVEL: Some problems on the M6 northbound near Bedworth this morning, between junction 3/the A444 and M6 junction 3A.

One lane has been closed because of an accident earlier on and barrier repairs.

Traffic is limited to 50mph.

07:23

NEWS:We're leading with a story about plans to drill for coal in Warwickshire. Here's our front page.

These plans will affect a large swathe of Warwickshire's countryside.

To find out more, and to see whether your area will be involved, look here.

07:29

SPORT: Cricket fans will be waking up with a smile on their face this morning, because England smashed the Aussies in this series of the Ashes.

Stuart Broad's fast bowling catapulted us to victory with a 74-run win.

The result was a bit of a surprise because Australia were looking relatively good about two hours before the end of play at 7:40pm last night.

07:34

NEWS: Good news for anyone planning to sell their home in the near future.

The West Midlands, along with Tyneside, showed the largest increase in home buyer activity in the UK, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Buyers are now returning to the market in their biggest numbers for four years. Here in the West Midlands, prices are rising fast, having been depressed in recent times.

On the trains until Thursday, London Midland's 22.54 Birmingham New Street to Northampton will be replaced by a bus between Rugby and Northampton, calling at Long Buckby.

Virgin Trains

And over the same period, Virgin's 22.45 Wolverhampton to London Euston service will be diverted and will not call at Northampton. Again a replacement bus will run from Rugby to Northampton, calling at Long Buckby.

08.59

COURT: A cancer sufferer made £10,000 from his first crop of cannabis after getting into debt because of his use of the drug to ease the pain of his condition.

A judge told Paul Madge he was not the first person to seek pain relief through cannabis – but that what he did was illegal.

Madge, aged 45, of Kimble Close, Allesley, Coventry, was given a 12-month jail term suspended for a year and ordered to do 200 hours of unpaid work after he admitted producing cannabis.

TRAVEL: Motorists are advised to avoid the A14 at Rothwell and Kettering this morning following a serious road traffic collision on the westbound carriageway.

At 6.40am, three articulated lorries and a tractor were in collision between junctions 4 and 5 near Rothwell.

One lorry went through the central reservation onto the eastbound carriageway.

One person was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries while three other people sustained minor injuries.

The westbound carriageway between Junction 3 (Rothwell) and Junction 7 (Kettering) has been closed to allow for recovery of the vehicles and the repair of the central reservation, also a scene investigation.

Eastbound traffic is moving slowly, through one lane at the scene of the collision, but a full closure will be required later today to allow for recovery and repair work.

10.28

NEWS: Five hundred regular cyclists were questioned for a new survey measuring the relationship between cyclists and motorists.

Lawyers Slater & Gordon was commissioned to carry out the survey as part of its work with national cycling charity the CTC.

But the survey’s findings make uncomfortable reading.

An overwhelming 85 per cent of cyclists said they felt there was “conflict” between cyclists and other road users and a quarter reported being a victim of road rage in the last 12 months.